St Ninians Bay St
Brighton.1
April 21st/93.
My dear Baron,
If you can write a letter to us, expressing what you think of the value of Miss Anna F. Walkers Collection of Plants, &c &c as an aid to Botany &c &c. We Should be very much pleased — as she is most anxious if She could dispose of them, if not now at Some future time. I may mention that Miss Walker knows nothing of our intentions of asking you to do this kindness for her.
As you know it is the result of Thirty years hard work, and I have been very much pleased to hear you expressing to her, your great appreciation of her labours.2
With my Mothers & sisters, & my kind regards
I am.
Yours sincerely.
Margaret M. Ward-Cole.
Please cite as “FVM-93-04-21,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on